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Usage of absorb: The room is very small, it can't absorb that number of students.



 
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Usage of absorb: The room is very small, it can't absorb that number of students. #1 (permalink) Mon Jun 15, 2009 13:44 pm   Usage of absorb: The room is very small, it can't absorb that number of students.		  
Can we use " absorb' in the following sense

The room is very small, it can't absorb that number of students.
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Usage of absorb: The room is very small, it can't absorb that number of stude #2 (permalink) Mon Jun 15, 2009 15:58 pm   Usage of absorb: The room is very small, it can't absorb that number of stude		  
" accommodate" would be preferable.
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